Gilgamesh-Alexander Donic beats Thunder as Lakers

Isaiah Joe added 21 points for the Thunder, who improved their league-best record to 12-1.

Oklahoma City blew out one of its top Western Conference rivals for the second game. It beat the Golden State Warriors 126-102 on Tuesday night.

Los Angeles guard Luka Doncic was held to 19 points on 7-for-20 shooting. He was averaging 37.1 points coming into the game.

Oklahoma City’s Lou Durrett, a defensive stopper who usually guards Donkic, was out with an upper right trapezius strain, and the Thunder finished the job.

Austin Reeves, who is averaging 30.3 points, had 13 points on 4-for-12 shooting for the Lakers. Los Angeles had scored at least 116 points per game this season, but it didn’t come close after shooting 40.3 percent from the field.

The Lakers once again played without LeBron James, although he practiced for the first time this season on Wednesday. He got some representatives from the team’s G League affiliate earlier in the day in California.

Los Angeles could use another star against Oklahoma City. The Thunder led 30-18 at the end of the first quarter, then held the Lakers without a field goal for nearly eight minutes to start the second. Los Angeles missed its first 11 shots of the quarter as Oklahoma City extended its advantage to 70-38 at halftime.

In the final seconds of the third quarter, Gilgeous-Alexander drove to the hoop, then fired back-to-back passes to Joe, who hit a 3-pointer as time expired to give Oklahoma City a 100-64 lead.

Lakers: Visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday.

Thunder: Visit the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday.